Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Maxfield is at the age where he is discovering superheroes. As a recovering comic book addict/geek I could not be happier. If there were a topic, that I know a ton of information about, which I can pass down to my kids, it would be superheroes. I can’t wait to show him my wedding video andpictures.

Before his discovery of Spiderman, Superman and the Justice League, when I got home from work, he and I and Wyatt would wrestle, or play trains, or wrestle, or play trains, or wrestle. Now, when I come home Max’s first choice is to play Superheroes.

Max will tell me who he is, such as the Hulk or Spiderman and then I would have to tell him who I was going to be. Sometimes I am tired and I try to convince him that I am Nap-Man, or the Couch-inator, or Captain Lay on the Floor. He doesn’t fall for it and he assigns me my character.

Most times I am the bad guy like Doc Oc or the Joker. In my head, I am upset, because for my entire life I always wanted to be the superhero, but I play along and I let him tie me up with imaginary ropes as he throws laser beams at me.

Last night, Max decided that there would be a “pretend” villain and that he and I would be the heroes. He elected to be Robin and I could be “the guy that helps Robin”. As we played Wyatt Blue came into the room crying that Lauren refused him a snack before dinner. Max, in full superhero mode, ran up to Wyatt and asked if he was okay and told him not to worry because we were superheroes. Wyatt cried a bit more.

Max turned to me, and this is a moment that I hope I will not forget, and said, “What should we do, Batman?”

I am another person who found you by accident. Actually i was googling everywhere sometime in November looking for light-up sneakers for my 28 year old brother for Christmas...yep he is a geek. Anyways, I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!! It is my life in so many ways with 3 kids. I have laughed and cried, you need to write a column for a local newspaper. People would love it!Regards,Shelly

Wm you are such a good daddy, your kids can't help but have wonderful memories...and you know thats really important to me.....someday when they get in their 30's and 40's they might have a blog and record all their memories...I find out things from my girls that really touch my heart....things that I didn't even remember...so all I can say is GREAT JOB....judy

Growing up without knowing what it is to live with boys, it's good to know that the toddler/daddy wrestling thing happens in other houses. On one level it's cute and a very transparent bonding activity. One another level, I just have to leave the room because 'Oh my God it's enough already!'.